15 Oct
2013
15 Oct
'13
6:01 a.m.
Oops. It got sent before I finished typing the dance. Here is it in
it;s entirety.
A1: Circle L 1x; flatten circle into a wavy line, men in the middle by
the L; Partner by the Right hand)
Balance l/r; slide left.
A2 Bal & swing partner.
B1: Ladies chain on the L diagonal;
Ladies chain straight across.
B2: Do-si-do your old partner, who is now your neighbor.
Swing your new partner, who you did the courtesy turn with after the
ladies chain.
In this dance, the men stay in the same place, while the women move in
a clockwise direction around the Becket set, making it a mixer. Sets
should have even numbers of couples, as an odd man out at the end of a
set would remain out the whole dance!
On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 1:48 AM, Richard Hart <richhart49(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Becket dances can be used to great advantage with
small crowds. Here
we call becket dances where no one is every out "quad" beckets. That
is becket dances that can be done with just 4 couples, with no one
ever out at the end. Here is one such dance by Byron Ricker, called
Chasing the "L"
A1: On the L Diagonal, Right & Left Through; (stay where you are, if
there is no one on your L diagonal)
Ladies Chain Straight Across
A2: Men Allemande L 1 ½ x (to partner)
Gypsy with Partner
B1: Hey for 4 (Women start with L sh)
B2: Partner Balance & Swing
With just 4 couples, and couples out at the ends, you end up with half
the dances standing out half the time. Doing a dance where no one is
ever out is a good thing for small crowds.
Also, a Becket dance can be written where partners are changed, as well:
A1: Circle L 1x; flatten circle into a wavy line, men in the middle by
the L; Partner by the Right hand)
Balance l/r; slide left.
A2 Bal & swing partner.
B1: Ladies chain on the L diagonal;
On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Bill Baritompa
<staf186(a)ext.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> On 14/10/2013 11:20 p.m., John Sweeney wrote:
>>
>> Hexitation (six couple square) is fun:
>> http://www.library.unh.edu/special/forms/rpdlw/syllabus2008.pdf
>
>
> The breaks using tandem couples are a nice touch.
>
> Has anyone noticed that this dance is a Becket contra?
>
> If the sets are rotated 90 degrees (i.e. bringing the single couples at the
> top and bottom),
> the figure is simply a (double prog for the non-UK callers) Becket dance
> starting with the
> top and bottom out.
>
> A1: LLFB, CL 3/4, Pass thru
> A2: N Gyp & Sw
> B1: LLFB, (next) N Dosido
> B2: (same) N Swing; LC
>
> The swing ending mid-phrase goes over ok in this context. In B2 facing
> back into the 'hex formation' and the ends not doing the LC are just the
> natural end effects.
>
> At our regular house dances, we often have small sets and many Becket dances
> work very well viewed in this formation. Similarly four couple Beckets often
> yield
> nice figures for squares.
>
> Cheers, Bill
>
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